My name is Michael Jude Gogulski. I currently hold a permit for temporary stay in the territory of the Slovak Republic numbered XXXXXXX. In the course of the next few months I shall seek for personal reasons to renounce my American citizenship and thus become a stateless person.

I would like to be informed of what other documents I might use to verify my identity in communications with the Aliens’ Police Section.

After surrendering my American passport I will have the following documents available: –?Florida driver’s license –?Original birth certificate issued in the state of Arizona –?Photocopy of my former passport –?Photocopy of my temporary Slovak residence permit (original attached to the American passport)

Please inform me whether any of the aforementioned documents will be sufficient, or let me know in what manner we shall provide for the identification of my person.

I would also like to ask whether your office is the appropriate body to which I can apply for issuance of travel and identity documents according to Articles 27 and 28 of Convention 206/2001 on the legal status of stateless persons.

Best regards,

Michael Jude Gogulski

Similar letters (minus the final paragraph) are going to the post office, my bank, mobile phone operator and internet service provider. I’ll post the results as they come in.

Ah, I should also add that the recipient of the letter above is the Slovak government agency charged with issuing visas and residency permits. I have a temporary residency which will need to be renewed by November.